Victor Davis Hanson on Tucker, Trump, and the Fracturing Right

Conversations with Coleman

The Free Press

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.5 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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My guest today is Victor Davis Hanson, a classicist, military historian, and senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. Victor is one of the most articulate defenders of Donald Trump, and one of the few people willing to explain why millions of Americans still see him as a necessary corrective rather than a danger. We talk about how his years farming in California shaped his politics, how “lawfare” now cuts both ways, and why so many conservatives feel the system has turned against them. We also dive into the strange new revisionism spreading on the American right—from the claim that Churchill “started” World War II, to the idea that the Nazis killed millions by accident—and why Tucker Carlson has begun platforming the people pushing those ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Victor Davis Hansen.
0:07.3	Victor is a classicist and military historian. He's a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution,
0:13.1	and he's the author of many books, including a history of World War II and The Case for Trump.
0:20.1	I'm a longtime fan of Victor's podcast.
0:23.2	I consider him to be probably the most intellectually honest and compelling defender of Donald
0:28.6	Trump that I know of.
0:30.4	In this episode, we discuss how Victor's career as a farmer has influenced his politics.
0:36.3	Victor debunks the myths pushed by Daryl Cooper that Winston Churchill, not Hitler, instigated World War II,
0:43.1	and the idea that the Nazis killed millions of Jews out of compassion and poor planning.
0:48.0	We discussed the role of the neo-conservatives in the Iraq War.
0:51.7	We discuss both halves of the modern lawfare problem. That is the
0:56.6	lawfare that Trump experienced and the lawfare that he is now perpetrating on his enemies.
1:02.3	And we discuss much more. So without further ado, Victor Davis Hansen.
1:16.9	Now, are all the traitors present?
1:19.3	Let's get started, shall we?
1:20.7	From rags to riches.
1:22.0	I'm so sick of this.
1:23.9	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
1:25.7	Yorkshire to New York.
1:27.0	Or climbers, you and me.
1:27.5	A life dedicated to revenge.
1:29.4	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
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